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Beginners, now's your chance to have your voice heard! Which is better: Melee Weapons or Guns? We want to determine a winner once and for all - so pick a side, come up with a weapon design, and defend your choice by animating how a battle would play out between your weapon design and your opponent! The title does not mean you have to choose a knife, you can create any kind of weapon as long as it's either a melee weapon or a gun, and you must have either a melee weapon or a gun win the battle. Don't just show how deadly your weapon could be, prove your choice is the better one by any means! Is it terrifying? Effective? Defensible? Your imagination is the limit! At the end of this competition, we will look at what side the top 10 submissions chose to prove what the better weapon type is. May the better team win!

We would like all entrants to make a thread in the Works In Progress forum and keep it updated with your progress as you animate your submission. Doing this is not a requirement but we will be granting bonus points to those that keep their thread up to date, so make sure you make your thread to collect those points! Here are some past examples of the kind of thread we want you to make:

Note: This competition is intended for beginners only. Not sure if you're a beginner? Neither are we. Chances are if you feel comfortable competing in one of our main competitions, you're not a beginner. Otherwise, feel free to join in!

Animation - Demonstration of technical animation skill. Things such as timing, rhythm, arcs, squash, stretch, etc. will all be taken into account.

Art - How well you can draw. We'll look at things like design, detail, coloring, outlines, etc.

Length - We require a minimum of 60 seconds, but it doesn't have to be exactly 60 seconds. A longer animation is better as long as the quality doesn't suffer because of it.

Originality - We're looking for entrants to try new things! The more you set yourself apart the better.

Extra

Posted Chosen Side in Competition Thread

Created WIP Thread

Kept WIP Thread Updated

The animation itself accounts for the majority of total possible points, but final ranking is not determined solely by how good your animation is.

Timeline

15
JULY

Competition Begins
The competition officially commences, entries can be submitted any time after this.

1
OCT

Final Due Date
All entries must be submitted by this date!

8
OCT

Winners Announcement
Judges will spend the week reviewing and scoring entries. The final results will be posted this day.

How To Enter

To enter the competition all you need to do is reply to this thread stating what side you've chosen. After posting, make your progress thread in the Works in Progress section. When you have finished your animation, double check that you've met all the requirements listed below and send me a private message with your PayPal email address and a link to both the SWF and the FLA of your entry, or the video file if you've chosen to use another program. You may still submit an entry even if you don't make a WIP thread or post here, but you will be at an automatic disadvantage to those who do!

We will accept submissions and announce the winners according to the timeline above. We will be releasing the submitted animations on a weekly schedule after the competitions ends, so remember not to leak your entry anywhere until two days after it goes up on official StickPage channels! If you do not supply a PayPal email address you will not be able to receive your prize if you win.

Requirements

These must be followed in order for your submission to qualify. Failure to meet these requirements will automatically disqualify your entry.

Must involve stick figures in some way

Must be a complete self-contained animation - no two-parters

Must have sound effects & music

Credits & introductions should not be excessively long, we will not accept submissions that have more credits than animation

Must contain a minimum of 60 seconds of animation excluding any introductions or credits

also why is the beginner prompt so much fucking better than ours. wtf man

Last edited by Externus; 07-14-2016 at 06:49 PM.

When petitioners used to come for information to the table at which I sat, I used to grind my teeth at them, and felt intense enjoyment when I succeeded in making anybody unhappy. I almost did succeed.

This feels a bit more like my comfort zone. Of course I still plan to finish my part for the Main competition, but with everyone else who joined that one, it's looking like I'll get last place again, like I did on classic crossover lol.

I'm choosing the Melee weapon side. Are we allowed to use multiple types of each weapon in the fight? Like for example, the gun guy could have a pistol then switch to a rifle, etc.

Originally Posted by Externus

I'm here to make money and use lens flares. And I'm all out of lens flares.

When petitioners used to come for information to the table at which I sat, I used to grind my teeth at them, and felt intense enjoyment when I succeeded in making anybody unhappy. I almost did succeed.

WIP thread for this too? I thought this was just gonna be like some 10 second animation thing.
i'm in tho.
also will the judging criteria be less strict because we're beginers?

EDIT:

Originally Posted by Jeff

Note: This competition is intended for beginners only. Not sure if you're a beginner? Neither are we. Chances are if you feel comfortable competing in one of our main competitions, you're not a beginner. Otherwise, feel free to join in!

Lmao this dick. This male genetal. This dude. Hahahaha lmao. It's funny how mods can say whatever the fuck they want but if anyone says anything that even kinda hwurts where weelings weven a widdle bit the get infracted. Lmfao. Hey Hewitt is part of your job being a raging dick? Cause while you put the little tad like you were trying to help you put a lot of effort into the insult part.